Covered at Reason 24/7: Texas Cops Recorded Searching Home Without a Warrant

From the Department of "What Are These Boxes With the Glass Eyes?" comes word that Garland, TX, homeowners are upset after their surveillance cameras caught police searching around their property without either a warrant or their permission. One of the officers apparently put his noggin to work and deduced that he and his colleagues were under observation; he was recorded turning one of the cameras toward the wall. Other cameras sneakily continued their work, undetected.

The Locke family is holding out for an apology, though they seem to have already successfully administered an international public shaming.

Police officers looking for a convicted felon have been accused of violating a homeowner's constitutional rights after being caught on surveillance cameras digging through bags and searching a car without permission.

Officers had gone to the home of Jon Locke on February 5 after an arrest warrant for fraud was issued for his brother Christopher.

One officer can be seen on tape rifling through duffel bags, while another fiddles with a camera in the back yard of the home in Dallas, Texas.

Mr Locke told Dallas News that he wants an apology from Garland police department because the officers conducted a search on his property without consulting him. His brother Christopher does not live at the home.

The police department refused to comment on the matter but said that internal affairs was investigating.

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Garland sucks anyway. I live near there, and it’s a fucking hole (except for the Vietnamese neighborhood, which has excellent food). Also there’s some kind of stupid scheme where if you live there, you have to get your electricity through a company that signed a contract with the city so you have no freedom of choice, and the rates are outrageous.

They do have a Star Trek Lane, though. But it’s in a shitty neighborhood.

Also there’s some kind of stupid scheme where if you live there, you have to get your electricity through a company that signed a contract with the city so you have no freedom of choice, and the rates are outrageous.

You mean there’s a choice of electrical utilities elsewhere in Texas? {blinks in astonishment} Where does the line start to move there? Will you take Californians?

The police department refused to comment on the matter but said that internal affairs was investigating.

A thorough internal investigation concluded that procedures were followed and officers acted appropriately to protect officer safety in pursuit of a dangerous suspect. Mr. Locke was charged with felony interfering in a police investigation and shot 37 times in the face while resisting arrest.

A thorough internal investigation concluded that procedures were followed and officers acted appropriately to protect officer safety in pursuit of a dangerous suspect. Mr. Locke was charged with felony interfering in a police investigation and shot 37 times in the face while resisting arrest no one is innocent, guilt is just a matter of where and when. This new unannounced search and seizure technique is for every ones safety, our Heroes in Blue? just want to get home at the end of the night. Shut up and accept it…consdier yourself lucky that no one (read: you) was hurt

The truck belonged to my brother. The bags were mine. I had my brothers truck because I was in the process of mentoring him and helping him lose all his bad connections. I also rented him an apartment in my name just so none of his bad influences could find him (The police knew of this in January). The police accused me of harboring a felon… But I got him everything the day I bonded him out of jail in December. CAN I NOT HELP OUT MY BROTHER TO GET HIM ON THE RIGHT PATH? If the officers would of called me, I would have told them the situation and where he was. This has been horrible on my family and I can really tell my kids that an Officer did the wrong thing. Abuse of the badge is the case here.